RULES 
AND  REGULATIONS 

OF 

THE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  OF  THE 
CITY  OF  DULUTH 


DULUTH,  MINN. 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS 
1912 


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DULUTH  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 

HOURS  OF  OPENING, 
SUGGESTIONS  AND  RULES. 

Revised  to  November,  1912. 


The  Delivery  and  Reference  Departments  and 
Reading  Rooms  are  open  from  9 to  9:30  every  week- 
day. 

Sunday  hours : 

Reading  Rooms  2 to  9. 

Delivery  and  Reference  Departments  2 to  6. 

The  entire  library  is  closed  on  Christmas  and  the 
Fourth  of  July.  On  other  legal  holidays  the  Reading 
Rooms  are  open  from  2 to  9. 

The  Children’s  Room  is  open  every  day  from  1 2 to 
5:30,  except  legal  holidays  and  Sundays.  During 
school  vacations  the  hours  are  10  to  5:30. 

The  Library  is  free  to  all  for  reading  and  refer- 
ence use  within  the  building. 

Any  resident  of  Duluth  may  borrow  books  from 
the  Library  after  signing  an  application  which  shall 
contain  the  full  name,  address,  and  occupation  of  the 
applicant,  the  name  and  address  of  a permanent  resi- 


Hours 

of 

Opening 


Free 
to  All 

Application 
Made  in 
Writing 


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RULES  AND  REGULATIONS 


Children’s 

Application 


Temporary 

Loans 

Upon 

Deposit 


dent  of  Duluth  (not  a relative),  for  reference,  and 
an  agreement  to  obey  and  be  bound  by  the  rules  of 
the  Library.  An  endorsement  by  parent,  guardian, 
or  some  other  responsible  person  is  required  an  appli- 
cant under  fifteen  years  of  age.  Applications  are  re- 
newed every  five  years. 

Temporary  residents  may  draw  books  from  the 
Library  by  depositing  three  dollars  with  the  Librari- 
an. For  such  deposits  a receipt  will  be  given,  upon 
the  return  of  which  the  money  will  be  refunded. 


Borrower’s 

Card 


Seven-Day 

Books 


Pay  Copies 


Books  Renewed 


Each  borrower  will  be  given  a card,  which  must 
be  presented  whenever  a book  is  taken,  returned,  or 
renewed.  On  this  card  two  or  more  books  may  be 
drawn,  only  one  of  which  may  be  fiction. 

Books  of  recent  purchase,  labeled  “Seven  Day 
Book,”  can  not  be  retained  more  than  one  week,  and 
cannot  be  renewed.  Recent  non-fiction  books  which 
are  in  popular  demand  cannot  be  renewed. 

A duplicate  renting  collection  of  new  fiction  is 
maintained,  which  circulates  at  the  rate  of  five  cents 
a week  per  copy,  payable  in  advance. 

Books  may  be  kept  two  weeks,  except  those  limit- 
ed to  seven  days.  All  others  may  be  renewed  by 
telephone,  by  mail,  or  by  presenting  the  borrower’s 
card  at  the  Library.  In  renewing  books  give  the 
following  information: 

1 . Title  of  book 

2.  Date  taken 

3.  Number  of  borrower’s  card 


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No  books  will  be  renewed  by  telephone  after  six 
o’clock. 

The  Library  reserves  the  right  to  call  in  any  re- 
newal book  when  needed. 

Special  cards  are  issued  to  teachers  which  entitle 
them  to  take  from  the  Library  thirty  books  for  school 
use.  These  books  may  be  kept  for  three  weeks,  and 
may  be  once  renewed  for  the  same  period  by  mail,  by 
telephone,  or  by  presenting  teacher’s  card  at  the 
Library,  giving  the  following  information: 

1 . Number  of  books  taken 

2.  Dates  taken 

3.  Number  of  teacher’s  card 

4.  Name  of  department  from  which  books 

are  taken  (adult  or  juvenile.) 

New  books  of  fiction  cannot  be  taken  on  teachers’ 
cards. 

Teachers’  application  cards  must  be  signed  by  the 
Superintendent  of  Schools  of  the  city,  or  by  the  Prin- 
cipal of  private  schools. 

On  request  of  the  presiding  officer  or  secretary 
of  any  literary  society,  or  the  teacher  of  any  class  in 
the  public  schools  of  the  city,  accompanied  by  a list 
of  books,  the  Librarian  may  withdraw  such  books 
from  the  circulating  department,  and  place  them  in 
the  reference  department  for  a period  not  to  exceed 
four  weeks,  provided  the  number  does  not  exceed  two 
volumes  for  each  member  of  the  society  or  class. 


Special 
Privileges  to 
Teachers 


Books  Reserved 
for  Class  or 
Society  Study 


Fines 


Delinquents 


Responsibility 
of  Borrowers 


Cards 

Non -Transferable 

Lost  Cards 
Entail  Penalty 


Art  and 

Reference  Books 


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If  kept  over  time,  a fine  of  two  cents  a day  is 
charged  for  each  book.  Delinquents  will  be  notified 
through  the  mail  on  the  seventh  day  after  the  delin- 
quency has  occurred.  At  the  expiration  of  three 
weeks  (if  the  book  is  not  returned)  a mesenger  will 
be  sent  for  the  book,  with  authority  to  collect  fines 
and  an  additional  fee  of  twenty-five  cents  for  mess- 
enger’s service. 

Borrowers  are  responsible  for  all  books  drawn  on 
their  cards  and  for  all  fines  held  against  them.  They 
are  required  to  pay  for  all  books  lost  or  injured  while 
in  their  possession.  No  books  will  be  issued  on  cards 
with  unpaid  fines. 

Borrower’s  cards  are  not  transferable. 

If  a borrower’s  card  is  lost,  notice  of  the  loss  must 
be  given  at  the  Library  immediately.  After  the  lapse 
of  two  weeks  from  the  date  of  such  notice,  a duplicate 
card  may  be  issued,  or  if  desired,  it  may  be  obtained 
at  once  upon  payment  of  a fee  of  five  cents.  But  the 
less  of  a card  will  not  affect  the  responsibility  of  the 
registered  holder  thereof  for  its  subsequent  use.  If 
the  lost  card  is  found,  the  duplicate  must  be  returned 
at  once  to  the  Library. 

Immediate  notice  of  change  of  residence  is  required. 

Reference  books  and  works  of  value  in  the  Art 
Room  do  not  circulate  except  at  the  discretion  of 
the  Librarian. 

All  unnecessary  noise  or  conversation,  and  the  use 
of  tobacco  are  prohibited  in  the  Library. 


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Any  person  abusing  the  privileges  of  the  Library, 
or  violating  these  regulations,  shall  be  temporarily 
suspended  by  the  Librarian  from  the  use  of  the  Li- 
brary, and  the  case  shall  be  reported  to  the  Adminis- 
tration Committee  for  proper  action  thereon. 

MINNESOTA  LIBRARY  LAW. 

Section  5 1 38.  Every  person  who  shall  malicious- 
ly cut,  tear,  deface,  soil,  obliterate,  break,  or  destroy 
a book,  map,  chart,  picture,  engraving,  statue,  coin, 
model,  apparatus,  specimen,  or  other  work  of  litera- 
ture, or  object  of  art  or  curiosity,  deposited  in  a public 
library,  gallery,  museum,  collection,  fair,  or  exhibi- 
tion, shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment  in  the  state 
prison  for  not  more  than  three  years,  or  in  a county 
jail  for  not  more  than  one  year,  or  by  a fine  of  not 
more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  or  by  both. 

NEW  CARDS  FOR  BORROWERS. 

The  privileges  of  the  Library  have  been  consid- 
erably extended  by  a new  borrower’s  card,  which 
allows  the  holder  to  borrow  as  many  volumes  of  non- 
fiction  as  he  needs,  in  addition  to  one  volume  of  fic- 
tion or  one  current  magazine.  The  conditions  have 
not  been  changed  as  regards  the  amount  of  fiction  or 
current  magazines  which  may  be  drawn,  because  it 
would  be  manifestly  impossible  to  give  an  unlimited 
number.  But  the  number  of  volumes  of  non-fiction 
has  been  made  unlimited  for  the  benefit  of  students, 
teachers,  ministers,  club-women  or  any  other  person 


Unrestricted 
Circulation  of 
Non-fiction 


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RULES  AND  REGULATIONS 


pursuing  some  particular  study,  and  for  these  the 
privilege  will  be  invaluable.  These  cards  will  be  is- 
sued to  all  new  borrowers  and  to  old  borrowers  in 
exchange  for  their  two  old  cards. 

ALWAYS  BRING  YOUR  CARDS. 

It  has  always  been  the  rule  that  borrowers  must 
bring  their  cards,  that  books  will  not  be  issued  with- 
out the  card  any  more  than  entrance  would  be  given 
to  a theater  or  concert  without  the  required  ticket. 
Many  people,  however,  have  grown  careless  about 
bringing  their  cards,  and  have  repeatedly  asked  the 
assistants  to  overlook  their  negligence  and  issue  books 
without  cards.  This  is  confusing  to  the  records. 
There  are  now  20,000  people  using  the  Library,  and 
it  is  more  necessary  now  than  when  the  Library  was 
smaller  to  keep  the  rules  and  regulations.  It  is  more- 
over absolutely  necessary  that  the  new  card  should  be 
brought  to  the  Library  both  for  charging  and  discharg 
ing  books.  Both  Library  and  borrowers  would  other 
wise  be  confused,  and  annoyance  inevitably  follow. 
The  privilege  of  drawing  an  unlimited  number  o 
books  is  certainly  worth  the  trouble  of  bringing  th 
cards. 

FRANK  D.  ADAMS, 

President  of  the  Library  Board 

FRANCES  E.  EARHART, 

Librarian. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS- URBANA 


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